Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-17
BEECHER'S LAST WORDS
Youthful DIaIyaiisa and Their Effect
Upan Tsuag Zen aRa Wemta.
The wianaRhs Exeeases % Esaaa-A@fe
HsnSs ana IgFeEnlaS sIeep-Ths
Dead Preaeber's last epsn-
ssn 81 Bansfax rae Uss
ef stImuianaz.

The foilouine article, from tie pen Of
the late Hs8Fy Ward BeseheE. vas
written By him only q foFtniahf preTf-
COS 20 bic desfh. He had gsonissd
that be would coutFibuts 30 srtisie 10
the lass nurnbeT Of tie BrookIga Mage
zine under les Old name. and true 30 bis
word tie papaR given hel0@ WAs written
in The last days Of bis life.
''OId nae hiss the Foundation Of its
JOY or lie EoFKoW laid ia south. Every |
sl0ns laid 10 tie foundation takes bold |
Of every stone IN The vail ap 10 the very !
eayes Of the b1ildlpa; and every deed. /
right o. wrong, THAI trznspires IN youtE |
reeshes forward and oas 4 relation ~ |
all the after parts Of mans life. A
mans life il nos like tie eentignous cells |
In bees bOneyo0mbs Is 10 more like |
the sspaFate parts u plant which an
folds out Of itsaif. every part bearing 70
lation 70 ell that snieeedss. That
which one doss IL youth is the root, /
and ell She afterparts, middle age and /
old age, are TIE branches and the frusts, |
whose character tbs root wiil deteTmine. |
Every man belongs 70 az economy 1
Ia which be has q right 20 oaicuiate, 81 /
bis friends for him, on - years ~ q fair /
term % life. his body y plaesd IN q /
wsrld adspted 20 Boarisb and prsisct il. |
Nature Is oonRenial. There are elE- /
ments eRoagh Of mischief IN Is II
man pieases 20 6Bd them out. A man /
can wear bis body out a. quickly a. be 4
pieases, destroy u II be will; bot, after /
al. the great laws Of nature are nOaKish- /
inc laws, and, eompTehenaively regard /
ed, nature IL the universal nurse, the /
universal physician Of cor race, guard
ing against evil, warning a. Of u BY IN
oipieni pains. setting up signals Of dan. /
Ref-nos ouiwardly, bat inwsrdiy-and /
oantioninR as b. soFrows and b. psins
for our benefit.
TNa0DKBATE PASSIONS.
Every immoderate draft which is
made BY the appetite and passions is 20
much sent forward 90 be oashed 10 old Il
age. We May sin at one end, bot God
takes II Of at the other. Every man has /
stored % for him some eighty years. "
be knows how 10 keep them, and thOse /
slightly years, like bank Of deposit, are
full Of treasures; but youth, through /
ignorance or through imm0dsrase pas
sions, IL wont continually TO draw
checks on old age. Men do rot suppose
thst they are doing u, although told /
that the wicked shall not live ont bali /
their days.
men aFe accustomed 10 look upon
the exoassea OF youth ~ some,hinR that |
belongs TO that time. They say that Of |
course the young, like colts unbridled.
will dispoFt themselves, but colt never
gets drunk. | do not object 30 any /
amount Of viysctty or gaiely that lies
within the hounds OF reason or of /
health, but I do reject and abhor. ~
worthy to be stigmatized ~ diehonsra
BILE aud humanity, every such course in /
y0uth ~ takes away strength. vieoF and /
purity from old age. Every man that
transcends natures laws 10 youth ~
taking beforehand those treasures
which are slowed up for bis old age; be /
Ia taking the food that should have /
been his sustenance In old age, aud ex
hansting u 10 FiOtous living 10 bis
youth. Mere Raiety and exhilaraton
are wholesome; they violate no Law.
moral or physical.
KIoEss IN YOUTH.
II do not object 90 miFth or gaiety, /
bat DO object 10 any mans making an
animal OF himself by living for the
qualification Of bis own animal pas
siona. People frequently think that 10
require in the conduct Of youth that |
which We expect in later life has some
thing Of PaEitanism In ii. Men have
an impression that youth IL very much
like uine. crude and ineipia until Il has
feFmented; but when u has fefmentsd,
aad thrown down the less, aud the saum
has been drFwn OF. the great body ae-
tween Is sound and wholesome, and
beautiful.
am not enc that thinks 80.
II think that youth IL the beginning
OF tue plaat Of life, aud that every waFt
OF exefesoenoe is so rnueh enfes . ement
OF its fruit bearing power. a. noe be
lieve that any man u the better for
having learned the whole career OF
drunkenness or OF lust, or the dallyings
or iadulgenoss that belong to a morbid |
life. A young nan that has CONS
through these things may he saved AZ
last but IN after life hs has Dot the
sensibilitY, nor the purity, nor The
moral stamina that be ought 90 have
lie has gone through 40 experience bat |
for which bis manhood would have been
both stronger and nohler. Excess In
youth, In regard 90 animal indalgeneas,
u bankruptcy IN OLD age.
"F0F this reason deprecate late /
hours. iFr galar hours OF Irregular Steer,
People ask me frequently, DO you /
think that there i anv harm H. /
daneiug 2 Ne, Dc not. There t. much 1
good In ID. ia ysu, then, object o. /
dancing sartiasP No; in themselves I /
do not. But when unknit youth. nusips /
mascle, unsettled aud enhArdsned /
nerves are pat through an excess Of ax-
cttement, treated With stimulants, fed /
trrogalaflY aud with anWhoiesoma food, /
surrounded With gaiety xhick is Excess
sive and which Is protraofead through /
hours vhea they should be asleep, do
object.
so BAEN N DANCING.
The harm is not in danains itself:
fer II they danced a. DO the peasants.
Ia the open air, upon the gfass under
the trees ard in the day. it miehs be
commended. not As virtuoas, bat As
still belonging ts those negative thinsz /
that may be beautiful. Bat the wassaiI
IN the night, the wasiefulness-i will
not say OF precious hoars. for hours are
not half 80 prceio rs ~ nerves are-the
Dissipation. continued night after night
and week after woek through the whele
SEASON, tt IL this | dcpfecate a. eating
oat the very life, | am nag SUPER
stitsons % ohservAnces. bat am always
thankful there are forty DAYS Of Lent ia
the wear wheu felix's can rest fron their
dehaaehes and designations; when no
r0und OF excessive excitement to ihe
pursuit Of pleAsufs - permitted TO come
IL and ruin The health and cripple the
natural pawsFs ~ the young.
The app titles Of Yoaih, which either
10 social Or IN solitary life drain down
she vitality aud inpslf she constitution,
are - many insidpeus assaults ou ola
age. | would thai the yOang knsw hes
clearly these things are wrt ten. Co.'s
hand sfttiue i very plain ana very lsGi
BILE TO those who have eyrs - see
fbere ia net al intelligent physiriAR
that does nos rad, IS be wAiks through
THE street, The scsret history % tie lives
az taos whom be meets. and that, Toe,
wtihoot folloSiuc thcu IN their nfd
niset career | care bot 81 hAvs men
come - ne and state tier secret
courses; ! san read g ne the shin sad in
toe EYES.
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